Collmenter shines as Mobile BayBears shut out Birmingham Barons

Josh Collmenter continued his torrid streak of quality starts, earning his fourth straight win as the Mobile BayBears defeated the Birmingham Barons 3-0 on Wednesday at Hank Aaron Stadium.

Collmenter (4-0) allowed just five hits while striking out seven in 8 1/3 innings. He has allowed just two runs in 29 1/3 innings over his four starts with the BayBears.

Kory Casto provided all the offense Mobile (31-27) would need with a home run to deep right-center field in the first inning. Konrad Schmidt added an RBi single in the third and Byran Byrne had an RBI groundout in the third as well.

Jacob Rasner (1-3) was dealt the loss for the Barons (20-39), allowing three runs on three hits in three innings.

Mobile travels to Jacksonville today at 6:05 p.m. The Suns are the top team in the South Division.